having a preconception challenged theme
Someone is made to question beliefs they had previously taken for granted.
43 total · 10 choice · 21 major · 12 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds93x16 | choice | Quark and his greedy Ferengi way of life were challenged |
| ds93x23 | choice | Quark was astonished to discover that his mother was a skilled business woman |
| ent2x21 | choice | Both Phlox and Hudak had their preconceptions challenged about the one another species. |
| ldr2019e2x06 | choice | The two young siblings Leah and Billy had their belief in Santa as a cuddly old man be mercilessly crushed. They were horrified to discover that he was a grotesque creature who vomited up gifts for "good" children like themselves. |
| movie: Enemy Mine (1985) | choice | Nobody hated the Dracs more than Willis, but he came to change his tune after becoming stranded on an inhospitable planet together with one of them. |
| movie: Flatland (2007) | choice | After initially refusing to even entertain the notion of three-dimensions, the two-dimensional hero of the story "A Square" had his mind opened to the reality of the existence of a three-dimensional world. |
| movie: In the Heat of the Night (1967) | choice | Bill Gillespie, who was a product of the deeply racist community of which he was police chief, found his prejudices about Black people challenged in the process of working together with the Black homicide detective Virgil Tibbs. |
| voy3x07 | choice | Janeway about the limits of science |
| voy4x12 | choice | Neelix about the existence of an afterlife |
| voy7x07 | choice | Ranek's preconceptions about photonics were challenged by his experience with The Doctor |